High – Seamlessly manages tiering in the cloud, with warm data available for instant restores and cold data automatically archived into lower cost storage

Total cost of ownership

High – Lacks storage efficiencies, complex pricing models and requires over provisioning of hardware capacity to allow for peak consumption.

Low – Cloud storage coupled with disruptive consumption based billing allows users to pay only for what they truly consume

Choosing the right model

There are significant differences between a cloud-native data protection solution and those that call themselves “clouds.” This executive brief provides critical insights into the pros and cons of four distinct backup models.